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5 So-Sweet Ways You Can Show Your Groom Some Love Before You Walk Down the Aisle

Remind your groom how lucky he is to be marrying you with these easy ideas.

Make a note from you the first thing he sees in the morning. If he’s staying at his parents’ house, give his mom a handwritten card from you and ask her to drop it on your groom’s pillow before he wakes up. Sweeten her end of the deal by giving her a card, too, where you tell her how thankful you are that she raised such a wonderful man. As for your message to your groom, let him know how fortunate you feel to become his wife. If he’s staying in a hotel, you can ask a hotel staff member to slip the card under his door. And if he’s staying with you, then you can do the honors of passing him the note.

Stock his ride to the ceremony with his favorite tunes. Whether your groom is hopping in a limo or driving himself, the ride over to the wedding will be way better if a playlist of his most-loved songs provides the soundtrack. So check that the car or limo has a hookup so an MP3 player’s music can be enjoyed over the speakers, and then hijack his iPod (which you know he’d forget to bring in the madness of wedding-day prep) or let him borrow yours. Don’t forget to attach a little note that says, “Play me!” Bonus points if you can make the first track a recording of you telling him how much you love him.

Add an upscale accent to his wedding-day wardrobe. A meaningful surprise he can wear will make his ensemble that much more special. Think custom cufflinks (I really love fingerprint ones) or that fancy watch he’s been eyeing. And whenever he dons those details for special occasions for years to come, he’ll remember how you gave him those gifts on your wedding day.

Send a silly picture of you two to his phone. So simple, but it’s sure to bring a smile to your guy’s face. You can also message him, “So thrilled we can keep making memories like this.”

Make him a relationship timeline. If you’ve got the time, this can be an elaborate poster-board art project with photos to go along with each special date. If you don’t have time (and I know most brides don't!), this can be as easy as drawing a horizontal line in the middle of a piece of construction paper and marking off significant moments in your history. Include your first date/the day you made your relationship official, when you got engaged, and then, for your wedding date, “The day you made me the happiest woman on earth.”

Do you want to do something special for your groom on your wedding day (besides doing him the honor of marrying him!)? How will you surprise him? Do you hope--or expect--that he’ll do something special for you that morning?